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Roll For Initiative, Claudius


This is quite possibly the coolest museum piece ever.

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  1. #1 by Laura on June 13th, 2008

    At $17 925, imagine the chaos if it rolls off the table…

  2. #2 by Ian Parker on June 13th, 2008

    So, who wants to bet that “Lord British” will be the winning bidder on that? Would make a nice trinket for his castle.

  3. #3 by Bonedead on June 13th, 2008

    I hope by castle you mean spaceship castle.

  4. #4 by Soulflame on June 13th, 2008

    I guess the D20 ruleset is a lot older than we thought.

  5. #5 by syncaine on June 13th, 2008

    So we can blame the Roman’s for all stat-heavy MMO’s now! It all makes sense…

  6. #6 by Yeebo on June 13th, 2008

    “Modern scholarship has not yet established the game for which these dice were used.’

    Pure awesome.

  7. #7 by wowpanda on June 13th, 2008

    It looks good! The surface finishing looks very smooth. It is either roman technology or the sand dust over 2 thousand years.

  8. #8 by Mike Rozak on June 13th, 2008

    “Modern scholarship has not yet established the game for which these dice were used.” – In the original AD&D Dungeon Master’s guide. there was a cartoon of a wizard, fighter, and priest sitting at a table, rolling dice. They were playing “Pencils and paychecks” a role playing game based in an modern industrial society (forget the exact words). That must be what the Romans were playing.

  9. #9 by VPellen on June 13th, 2008

    So very awesome.

  10. #10 by blachawk on June 15th, 2008

    It probably involved a convict and twenty articles of clothing.

  11. #11 by Chris on June 16th, 2008

    They also found an 1800 year old Chick Tract, which scholars believe early Christians passed to young Roman D&D players. The Romans subsequently fed these Christians to the lions.

  12. #12 by Njal on June 16th, 2008

    Totall awesome

  13. #13 by Njal on June 16th, 2008

    or perhaps totally awesome.

  14. #14 by Axecleaver on June 16th, 2008

    I always assumed 20 sided dice were invented just for D&D, or at least went no further back in time than modern wargaming. Neat.

  15. #15 by CarmenVj on June 16th, 2008

    Cool. And What Gorgeous antiques. So original. Romain Glass is very special anyway. Great job.

  16. #16 by yunk on June 17th, 2008

    Or their RPGs went back further in time, like Titans and Towers.. or Cavemen and Carnivores ..

  17. #17 by blachawk on June 17th, 2008

    Romans start playing D&D. A hundred years later their society degenerates and Rome falls to the barbarians. Coincidence? I think not my satanic friends.

  18. #18 by Zarithar on June 18th, 2008

    That’s great! Maybe now we really know what Nero was doing while Rome burned.

  19. #19 by Ken on June 26th, 2008

    I’ve seen this in about 30 places, but this was by far the best title.

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